>> and saudi arabia, britain, france and qatar they understood the importance. i think the president does not like to intervene in these kinds of things. i think also during an election he understood that the public was war weary and didn't want to take that chance. i think this is going to be a big mistake in retrospect. as nina said you've got 800,000 people displaced 60,000 that are dead. syria is linchpin in the middle east and it could spark a regional war. if assad fell and we were able to shape the opposition forces, this would be a big blow to iran. i think when the history books are written, this will be a big missed opportunity. >> chris: let me bring in one more thinking, greg palkot disturbing report where he went to a refugee camps on the turkish border. as nina said there are 800,000 refugees that have fled. it was really a small city, 13,000 people living like that. on the one hand, you understand the president and our country's reluctant to get involved in the middle east. >> that was a heartbreaking report. i think already is a moral stain on am